Rock hall of famer Joan Baez’s granddaughter didn’t know her grandma was famous until she got backstage at Taylor Swift concert

“My granddaughter didn’t know who I was until I took her backstage at a Taylor Swift concert, where she got a selfie, an autograph, a t-shirt and a newfound respect for her grandmother,” Joan Baez said in her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech.

She’s officially a Hall of Famer, but Joan Baez admits her granddaughter didn’t realize she was a big deal until she got special perks at a Taylor Swift concert.

The 1960s folk legend, 76, told the funny story Friday during a lively Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech, during which she suggested much of today’s youth may not have been familiar with her work before her induction.

Swift's autograph opened Baez's granddaughter's eyes to her grandma's fame.

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“My granddaughter didn’t know who I was until I took her backstage at a Taylor Swift concert, where she got a selfie, an autograph, a t-shirt and a newfound respect for her grandmother,” Baez told the Barclays Center audience, earning a rapturous applause.

Known for an illustrious music catalog packed with songs about social justice and activism, Baez reflected on her lasting influence more than 50 years after she first broke into the music industry as a teen.

Baez sings onstage at the Barclays Center with a vintage photograph of herself projected on the background.

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“Though one cannot say I’m a rock and roll artist, one cannot overlook the folk music of the ’60s … and the immense effect it had on popular music, including rock and roll,” she said. “Nor can anyone overlook the role that I played in that phenomenon. I was lucky enough to have found my voice when coffee shops were the order of the day.”

Baez, who has released more than 30 albums since coming out with her first in 1960, is one of six acts being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during Friday’s ceremony, joining Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra and Journey.

HBO will air a special broadcast of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 29.